by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Jun 7, 2023 | Thoughts You Can Use
A friend of mine asked me on Tuesday what my ideal situation is. I looked around and realized, “this is it.” Still, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what the future holds. It’s a mystery to me. But writing helps me shape it. It’s what has led me...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | May 31, 2023 | Thoughts You Can Use
The New York Times ran an explosive investigative story yesterday. Here are the first four paragraphs: Inside the Financial Times newsroom this winter, one of its star investigative reporters, Madison Marriage, had a potentially explosive scoop involving another...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | May 24, 2023 | Thoughts You Can Use
I caught up on Monday night with a friend of mine from high school. We both live in New York now, but we know each other from our teenage years in Croydon, Southeast London. He slid into my DMs on Instagram, and I asked him round for a cup of tea. We ended up having...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | May 17, 2023 | Thoughts You Can Use
When my wife and I chat with a new parent at the playground, we Google them afterwards. By the time we see them again, we usually know a bunch of details about their life. We don’t bring them up. And often you find out a lot more than you bargained for....
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | May 10, 2023 | Thoughts You Can Use
I’m writing this post over a nice cup of tea. It’s Tuesday afternoon. About four o’clock, when I like to have a cuppa, most days. My cup of tea is resting on top of a birthday card for my wife, sent from England. It’s got a King Charles stamp...
